Kostick - The Crusades and the Near East: cultural histories

THE CRUSADES AND THE NEAR EAST

The crusades are often seen as epitomising a period when hostility between the Christian West and the Muslim Near East reached an all-time high. As this edited volume reveals, however, the era was one which saw both conflict and cohabitation.

Tackling such questions as whether medicinal and architectural innovations came to Europe as a direct result of the crusades, and why and how peace treaties and intermarriages were formed between the different cultures, a distinguished group of contributors reveals how the Holy Wars led on the one hand to a reinforcement of the beliefs and identities of each side, but on the other to a growing level of cultural exchange and interaction. This volume breaks new ground in exploring not only the conflict between the Christian and the Muslim worlds, but the impact of this conflict on the cultural evolution of European and Near Eastern thought and practices. Utilising the latest scholarship and original studies of the sources, this survey sheds new light on the cultural realities of EastWest relations and marks a new departure for studies of the crusades.

Contributors include Lan N Chlirigh, Susan B. Edgington, John France, Yehoshua Frenkel, Yvonne Friedman, Bernard Hamilton, Natasha Hodgson, Sini Kangas, Jrgen Krger, Alan V. Murray and Chris Wright.

Conor Kostick teaches on the crusades at Trinity College Dublin. A former winner of the Dublinia Medieval Essay Competition and holder of a Trinity College Gold Medal, his historical works include The Social Structure of the First Crusade (2008) and The Siege of Jerusalem (2009).

THE CRUSADES AND THE NEAR EAST

Edited by

Conor Kostick

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